Three years ago, L.G. was a tiny, malnourished bear cub found orphaned in Nevada. Today he is the state's unopposed champion of solo ursine tetherball. Animal Ark, the Nevada wildlife sanctuary that took the bear in, and which also houses various birds of prey, big cats, wolves, foxes, turtles and a badger, says L.G. had frostbitten ears and was less than a fourth of a healthy weight when found. He was initially thought to be a "Little Girl." Turns out .

Not all kids who play baseball are uniformed with fancy script across their chests, traveling to $1,000 instructional camps and drilled how to properly hit the cut-off man. Some kids just play to play.